January 6, 2022

Great Books and “The BEST” Books

There’s an interesting debate raging through the imperiled halls of the Ivy League’s humanities departments -- and it has special meaning for Modern Orthodoxy as a religious community that has classically valued the encounter with worldly, humanistic wisdom.  As the relationship of those two realms of wisdom, often framed around the concept of Torah u-Madda, is receiving renewed ideological and institutional reassessment, TRADITION's editor Jeffrey Saks takes note of trends in general higher education and society. This column is the first in a projected series exploring this topic and its importance in the coming months. 
January 3, 2022

Divrei Shalom e-Book

R. Shalom Carmy has been one of the most articulate and insightful voices in our community for decades and his editor’s columns in TRADITION between 2005-2019 provide an accessible window into the thought of a profound thinker. “Divrei Shalom” is now available from TRADITION as a free e-book for download.
December 30, 2021

The BEST: One of Us

Sarah Golubtchik finds in Eric Bazilian’s song “One of Us” a positive theological exercise with potential to deeply impact the development of one’s religious persona.
December 28, 2021

New and Noteworthy Books

TRADITION’s seasonal roundup of noteworthy new titles in Jewish studies and learning.